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Maryam Borjian

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Dr. Borjian is Language Coordinator and Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL). She was born and raised in Iran, where she attended the University of Tehran from which she obtained her BA in History and her MA in Historical Linguistics. She moved to the United States in late 1999 and attended City University of New York, from which she obtained her MA in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. Her doctorate is in Education with a specialization in Educational Linguistics from Columbia University’s Teachers College.

Her research concerns various sub-fields of Linguistics. Whereas her earlier research were primarily in the field of descriptive linguistics, documenting endangered and minority languages, her current research concerns educational linguistics, sociolinguistics, bi/multilingualism, and language policy and planning. Her courses explore the politics, economics and sociology of language in the contexts of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia during the colonial and global eras.

Borjian, M.(2010). Policy Privatization and Empowerment of Sub-National Forces: The Case of Private English Language Institutes in Iran. Viewpoints Special Edition: Middle East Institute (MEI) Series on Higher Education and the Middle East (vol. 1): Serving the Knowledge-Based Economy, 1: 58-61. DC: the Middle East Institute

Articles in Refereed Journals

Borjian, M. & Haberl, C. (forthcoming). At the Intersection of Language and Social Variables: The Case of Middle Eastern Languages in the United States. International Journal of Sociology of Language, 237. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter